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Chancellor Ukpolo speaks out against kidnapping of Nigerian Girls

Dr. Victor Ukpolo, chancellor of Southern University at New Orleans, issued the following statement regarding the April 14 kidnapping of 276 Nigerian girls:

“On behalf of the students at Southern University at New Orleans, I join the world in the outrage being expressed about the abduction of these girls. As a native Nigerian and leader of a higher-learning institution in the United States, I personally condemn Boko Haram for committing this horrendous act.

“The group’s name means ‘Western education is sinful’ in the local Hausa language, and it opposes the education of women: two issues that are in direct conflict with everything I stand for.

“I implore the United States and other nations to do everything possible to rescue these girls and bring this terrorist group to justice.”